Soap sheet and method of manufacturing the same.



J. M. SIBBIT. SOAP SHEET'AN'D METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 31, 1913.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

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Application filed December 81, 1913. Serial 110.186.9384.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, JAMES M. Swan, subject of theKing of Great Britain, residing at Imperial, in the county of Imperial and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap Sheets andMethods of Manufacturing the Same, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to soap sheets and the process by which such sheets are manufactured.

The primary object of the invention is to i provide a flexible sheet of the above stated character, which may be of relatively small size, but which will at the same time carry a quantity of soap sufiicient, under ordinary circumstances, for a single washing of the face and hands. 4

A further object of the invention is to provide'soap sheets which may be bound into flexible tablet form for commercial purposes, or which may be .put up in any other suitable manner for convenient use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a soap sheet which will be flexible and so constructed as to prevent the soap F from cracking or crumbling away from the sheet, when flexed. And the invention also has as a further object to provide means whereby the sheet may be readily manufactured to serve as a convenient substitute for soap as now put on the market, such soap as a rule either being formed in solid cakes or put out in liquid form, and in either of which form its transportation by the useris very inconvenient.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved soap sheets bound in tablet form. the corner of one of said sheets being illustrated as raised from the rest. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of one of the sheets showing the apertures formed therein. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the lines 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4.- is a fragmentary transverse-sectional view taken through one of the sheets, such view being greatly enlarged and showing the disposition of the 'soap upon the sheet.

Corresponding and like parts are referredto in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

The inconvenience of carrying an ordinary cake of soap, especially to the traveling public, is well known, since it is necessary to provide a container therefor, as otherwlse the soap after each using must either be allowed to first dry before being placed with ma satchel, or, if this is impossible, the re sult is the inevitable soiling of everything with which the cake of soap comes in contact. My improved soap sheet overcomes these difliculties, as it maybe easily carried about with the person, the sheet being dry and ordinarily protected by a cover.

In carrying my invention into effect, sheets of suitable paper, cloth, or fabric, indicated in the drawings at 10, are coated with layers of soap 11. This is done by immersing the fabric, which is preferably porous, in a soap solution or soap emulsion. I have found that the fabric, as usually employed, will not absorb a sufficient quantity of the soap for ordinary purposes, or if a plurality of layers ofsoap are deposited upon the fabric, eachnlayer being allowed to dry before the next succeeding layer is applied, the sheet will readily crack and the layers of soap, so deposited thereon, will crumble off and be wasted. In order that a relatively small sheet may carry a maximum amount of film on each side of the sheet and forming a solid deposit within the apertures of the fabric. The sheets are then allowed to dry or may be dried by artificial means. In this way, I gain not only the advantage of having each I sheet carry a relatively large amount of soap, but the further advantage, in the manufacture of the article, of eliminating the necessity of several times immersing the fabric in the soap solution, in order to secure individual layers .or deposits of soap thereon. In thus forming the fabric with the apertures before immersion in the soap solution, each finished soap sheet of convenient size, willcarry sufiicient soap deposit to suflice for a single washing of the sary to use more than one soap sheet for Patented Jan. 1L9, 19151 same time, the flexibility of the finishedsoap sheet is not affected. This is an important feature of my invention, in that it provides a flexible soap sheet which may be rubbed between the hands, when washing, .uithout immediately cracking and causing the soapto fall from the sheet.

In Fig. l of the drawings, I have illustrated my improved soap sheets as bound in convenient tablet form; indicated at 14,

the extremities of the sheets being secured in any suitable manner, as by staples 15, and protected by a covering 16. The sheets may be perforated, if desired, as shown at 17, thus facilitating their removal from the tablet.

' While I have shown the sheets as a matter of convenience as bound in tablet form, still, it is to be understood that the fabric may be cut in strips and rolled, or the fabric may be cut into sheets and put up in any otherconvenient form. It is also to be noted that the soap solution used in producing my improved soap sheets may vary in lngredients according to selection, as for instance the sheets may charged with toilet soap or any other kind of soup desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The. herein described method of manufacturing soap sheets, which consists in saturating perforated sheets of paper with a soap solution to form a layer of soap on eac side of each sheet connected by solid deposits of soap extending through the perforations formed in the sheets, and subsequently drying said sheets.

2. As a new article of'manufacture, a sheet of paper having a erforation formed therein and having a so id deposit of soap extending through said perforation.

3. As a new'article of manufacture, sheets of perforated paper, each sheet having a layer of soap formed on each side thereof, such layers being connected by solid deposits of soap extending through the apertures formed in the sheet.

4. As a new article of manufacure, a flexible sheet of paper having a plurality of apertures formed therein and having a layer of soap formed on each side of the sheet, the soap being formed in solid webs within said apertures, said Webs connecting the layers of soap on the sides of the sheet and supporting said layers.

- In testimony whereofI aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M, SIBBITQ L 5.

Witnessesz' Br m CuLINconN,

FREDK. WALEs. 

